| The Right Mistake Contributor(s): Mosley, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465018521 ISBN-13: 9780465018529 Publisher: Civitas Book Publisher OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Socrates Fortlow is a 60-year-old ex-convict, now freed after serving 27 years in prison. Disheartened by the chaos of the streets, he calls together local people of all races to conduct meetings of a Thinkers' Club, where all can discuss the unanswerable questions in life. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.58" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Living in south central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets, Socrates calls together local people of all races and social stations and begins to conduct a Thinkers' Club, where all can discuss life's unanswerable questions. Infiltrated by undercover cops and threatened by strain from within, the Thinkers' Club doesn't't have it easy. But simply by debating racial authenticity, street justice, and the possibility of mutual understanding, Socrates and his unlikely crew actually begin to make a difference. The Right Mistake is Walter Mosley at his most incisive. At once an affectionate and coruscating portrait of ghetto life, it abides the possibility of personal redemption and even, with great struggle, social change. |